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Trump says EU ‘treating US worse than China’ on trade
May 18, 2019 06:45US President Donald Trump says the European Union’s trade barriers are damaging American manufacturing, making the bloc even more harmful to the US than China, which is engaged in a trade war with Washington.
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UK PM agrees to announce timetable for resignation
May 17, 2019 01:49A senior member of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has said that Prime Minister Theresa May will announce a clear timetable for her resignation in early days of the next month.
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EU, US face off over Iran as ministers meet in Brussels
May 13, 2019 06:51EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini says the European Union fully supports the international nuclear accord with Iran after Tehran decided to scale down its commitments in response to US sanctions.
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E3 foreign ministers to discuss Iran’s nuclear announcement in Brussels
May 13, 2019 01:24The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the UK are to meet in the EU headquarters in Brussels later on Monday to discuss Iran’s recent decision to stop implementing parts of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Brexit Party leads polls in run up to EU elections in UK
May 12, 2019 11:42Brexit Party, a newly-established party in Britain campaigning for the country’s clean break from the European Union, is surging in polls by a big margin as the ruling Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party continue to lose much of their public support over their failure to deliver on results of the 2016 referendum that triggered the divorce.
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Iran’s Rouhani calls US anti-Iran campaign ‘all-out war’
May 12, 2019 01:48President Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran is facing an “all-out war” of economic and political pressures through sanctions imposed on the country.
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Iranian official: Europe must end foot dragging on INSTEX to salvage JCPOA
May 12, 2019 01:00A senior Iranian official has censured the European signatories to the landmark nuclear agreement of 2015 for failing to fulfill their obligations under the deal, urging them to speed up implementing a non-dollar direct payment channel with Tehran.
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Libya’s GNA urges Trump to stop foreign support for Haftar
May 11, 2019 07:12Libya's internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has called on US President Donald Trump to stop foreign support for "aspiring military dictator" Khalifa Haftar as his forces continue their all-out offensive to take over the capital Tripoli.
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E3 seriously working to operationalize INSTEX: UK, Germany
May 11, 2019 01:36Britain, France and Germany are seriously pursuing the implementation of the Iran-EU special payment mechanism, which is supposed to facilitate trade ties between the two sides after the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on the country, senior European officials say.
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US, EU complicit in 'whitewash' of Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians: NGO
May 10, 2019 02:55The United States and the European Union are complicit in the “whitewash” of the Israeli regime’s “war crimes” against the Palestinian people, an international NGO says.